Good queston
Mr Rose, If that's really your name; getting hard to tell the elves apart around here.
Those are good questions,
1) Takes longer to dial in the reach; more trial and error.
2) Easy to get it too far out; then shoulders get strained and leg interference becomes an issue
3) Braking power is fine; it's like being on the hood; with adjustble brakes you just preset the level like you would for small hands.
4) Must get the angle of the rist correct because you only get one position
5) Arms tend to lock into place which give more steering stability once you adjust.
6) Harder to learn as a beginner.
And here's the big one. IF you put an extension on, and your not Ivan sized; then with the higher the bb the harder it is too get the fit right; I have a 50 and 55 extension on the Silvios both right now (thanks steve they work great). If I keep those extensions and I think we definately will, then we'll need longer bars like what Mark did. Probably 50mm more welded on to the end to increase the reach but bring the clamp back 15mm more for leg clearance at the lower position.
Without that extra reach the arms become bent and you loose something and there is leg strike if you are sloppy. You do get a much tighter elbow into the body torso so you stay mostly aero. The narrow bars don't give that elbow flare you get from stock bars; it's about the same as the gary-bars give in the drops on the Vendetta but without the advantage of 2 hand positions (hence my other reference to those bars).
So I have a set of those Gary's I found that I think are like the orginal ones on my vendetta on order. I will see if they are the same; if so I'll install and test to compare to the vendetta and send out the Deda's for extensions to be welded on. More to follow on that topic back in ye'olde giagantic handlebar thread.
FWIW, The reach issue is why my V has Gary's on it; I get two positions and one was about identical to the horn positions when I installed the deda (on that bike Moose was right; what's the difference? not much drops work good); but I do run my pivot clamp backwards so my boom is very low with the clamp up in the boom which give s me that low straight arm position my shoulder requires. If I run it the right way it is too high and the drops aren't comfy. I can't do that on the Silvio but the Extension at 50mm seems to cause that same fit effect.
Edit: Well speak of the Elves they just dropped the Gary Sweep OS bars on the door step. Down to the basement with good saint nick and yep they are very very close to the gary-2. Same curves rate to the drop; same flar after the the brifter location. The big difference the first bend doesn't go out at a 45-ish angle the bar is actually wider and has a 10degree-ish angle after the the bend and approaching the brifter. The finish is anodized like the S20/V20 and Silvio 2.0 booms. 31.8mm clamp areas. the geometry look very promising. Bah I have no time for this right now. Holiday is this weekend for us. Guess I will be playing on the 25/26th and when you all sneak off from your families for a bike fix maybe I'll have some photos ready for you. Robert called me a tease time to own-it/earn-it.
